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Swift County assessor suspended after bringing shotgun into courthouse in Benson, Minn.

news / region / government Wed, Dec 14, 2011 - 9:08am

Bob Bertsch, Web technology specialist in agriculture communications for North Dakota State University, developed the Winter Survival Kit smartphone app. Special to The Forum

Dial up winter survival kit on smartphone

FARGO - If you get stuck in a ditch during a blizzard, don't know where you're at, and need to get help, well, there's an app for that. The Winter...

news / region Wed, Dec 14, 2011 - 8:59am

2 a.m. 'last call' bar option advances in Alexandria

news / region Tue, Dec 13, 2011 - 12:29pm

Detroit Lakes Cinema 5 goes out of business -- leaves DL without a movie theater

Detroit Lakes is without a movie theater. The Cinema 5 in the Washington Square Mall has gone out of business. Cinema 5 owner Steven Payne notified the Detroit Lakes Police...

news / region Tue, Dec 13, 2011 - 12:23pm

Truth in Taxation notices show unpredictable changes for residents

MORRIS - Big changes to the property tax system earlier this year left local officials certain taxes were going to go up, but unsure about by how much and who...

news / region Sat, Dec 03, 2011 - 5:00am

Randee Hokanson named MASWCD Educator of the Year

STEVENS COUNTY - Congratulations to Randee Hokanson who will receive the MASWCD (Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation District) Educator of the year award at the Convention in December...

news / region Fri, Dec 02, 2011 - 4:36pm

WCROC named Outstanding Conservationists in 2011

STEVENS COUNTY - Stevens SWCD is proud to honor the University of Minnesota's West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC) in Morris. The Research Center staff care for 1,100 acres...

news / region Fri, Dec 02, 2011 - 4:27pm

Starbuck man sentenced for conspiring to commit bank fraud, money laundering

MINNEAPOLIS - A 55-year-old Starbuck man was sentenced in federal court in St. Paul on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 for conspiring with others to steal more than $1 million in...

news / region Fri, Dec 02, 2011 - 2:07pm

Budgetary, enrollment issues force Willlmar, Minn., college to end computer art, publishing program

WILLMAR -- The computer art and publishing program at Ridgewater College in Willmar will close at the end of this school year. The program is a victim of budget cuts...

news / region / education Fri, Dec 02, 2011 - 1:45pm

Crews respond to a a fire on Thursday morning that destroyed most of Jerry's Welding, a business in downtown Chokio. Photo submitted by Tom Loew of the Stevens County Sheriff's Department.

Fire hits Chokio business

CHOKIO - A Thursday morning fire destroyed most of Jerry's Welding, a business in downtown Chokio. The Chokio Fire Department, along with the Chokio First Responders, Morris Fire Department and...

news / region Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 3:19pm

Business owners learn value of blogging

NEW LONDON -- A group of small-business owners looking to maximize their exposure and increase revenues were given hands-on experience on how to use blogging as another social media business...

news / region Tue, Nov 29, 2011 - 11:30am

Body of missing woman found near Ortonville

news / region Sun, Nov 27, 2011 - 8:41am

Students hurt in school bus accident near Appleton, Minn.

BENSON - Authorities are investigating a school bus accident in Swift County that sent some students to the hospital.

news / region Wed, Nov 09, 2011 - 2:41pm